Physical Geography of Latin America 1
What are larger islands like Cuba and Jamacia on top of?
What is underwater mountains.
I am an extension of the Atlantic Ocean that lies between Mexico and Florida. What am I?
What is Gulf of Mexico.
What is a mission?
A church outpost.
Who controlled most of Central America in the 1500s?
What is the Europeans.
a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins two larger bodies of land.
What is isthmus.
I am in Mexico and contain three major mountain chains. What am I?
What is the Sierra Madre Mountains.
I am a major “shortcut” that allows ships to travel between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. What am I?
What is Panama Canal.
What advantage did the Spanish have over the Aztec Empire?
They had 600 men, guns, and horses.
What does CAFTA stand for?
What is Central America Free Trade Agreement.
A conflict between two or more groups of within a country.
What is Civil War.
What are the 3 regions Latin America is divided into?
1. Mexico and Central America
2. Caribbean Island
3. South America
I am an extension of the Atlantic Ocean, that surrounds the Caribbean islands. What am I?
What is Caribbean Sea.
What led to the Mexican American War?
They were fighting for ownership of Texas.
Which Central American country has the largest population?
What is Guatemala.
a major “shortcut” that allows ships to travel between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
What is Panama Canal.
I am a long mountain range along the west coast of South America. What am I?
What is Andes Mountain.
I am a desert that is in Chile at a high elevation in the Andes Mountains.
What is Atacama Desert.
Why did the Mexican Revolution happen in 1910?
They felt they president gave too many privileges.
Where do most people live in Panama?
What is near Panama Canal.
A large group of islands
What is Archipelago.
I am the largest tropical rainforest in the world. What am I?
What is Amazon Rainforest.
I am a river that is in South America (primarily in Brazil) and I stretch all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. What am I?
What is Amazon River.
Why do most Mexicans speak Spanish?
Because of the Spanish influence during colonel times.
What is Guatemala's most important crop?
What is coffee.
An Argentine cowboy.
What is Gaucho.